Opportunistic infections in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

Ada Redondo-BenitoAdrian CurranAna Villar-GomezErnesto Trallero-AraguasAndreu Fernández-CodinaIago Pinal-FernandezJose Ángel Rodrigo-PendásAlbert Selva O'Callaghan

Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2018)

The prevalence of OI was 6.4% in our myositis cohort, higher than the rest of the inpatients of our hospital (1.7%; P < 0.01). High-dose glucocorticoids at disease onset and severe immunosuppression are the main factors implicated.

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